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Shooter served in military, was in process of divorce

Christopher Robinson was a four-year veteran of the Police Department who worked at the Eastern District.

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Updated: 6:22 PM EDT Oct 28, 2013

Shooter served in military, was in process of divorce

Christopher Robinson was a four-year veteran of the Police Department who worked at the Eastern District.

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Updated: 6:22 PM EDT Oct 28, 2013

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WEBVTT THAT IS RIGHT HERE AT 6:30 P.M. WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE BALTIMORE CITY POLICE OFFICER WHO KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND HIMSELF. IT HAPPENED SUNDAY MORNING IN GLEN BURNIE. THIS WAS AN APPARENT DEADLY LOVE TRYING OH. THREE FAMILIES DEVASTATED. A VERY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE ALTHOUGH IT IS THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR THAT A CITY POLICE OFFICER HAS KILLED HIMSELF FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC HOMICIDE. CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON WAS A FOUR- YEAR VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAPPENED TO WORK HERE OUT OF EASTERN DISTRICT. FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS DESCRIBED HIM AS A NICE GUY, NONVIOLENT. THEY SAY WHAT MADE HIM UNRAVEL HIS MINISTRY. FRIENDS OF CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON ARE STUNNED. THEY SAID HE WAS NOT THE PERSON THEY KNOW WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER SUNDAY MORNING. KILLING HIS EX GIRLFRIEND AND HER CITY FIREFIGHTER BOYFRIEND AND THEN HIMSELF. IT HAPPENED AT HOFFMAN'S HOME IN GLEN BURNIE. POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL OF SHOTS FIRED. THEY HAD TO MAKE FORCED ENTRY AND ENTERED THE HOME AND FOUND THREE PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS. CHRIS NEVER TOLD HIM WHY HE DID IT NEVER ASKED WHY HE COULD NEVER LET GO OF HIS FEELINGS. A CLOSE FRIEND SAID HE HAD THE PORCH LIGHT ON. HE DID NOT LEAVE A NOTE. WE KNOW MORE ABOUT HOFFMAN. HE WAS CREDITED WITH REUNITING A THREE-YEAR-OLD WITH THE CHILD'S FAMILY. THE SAD PART IS THE OFFICERS WHO ASSISTED IN GETTING POL LY BACK HOME WERE A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE OFFICER. HE JOINED THE MARINES AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL. HE EVEN MET PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WHILE WORKING ON AIR FORCE ONE. HE LEFT THE CORPS AS A SERGEANT AND REENLISTED IN THE RESERVES. HE JOINED THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE INTENT OF FLYING AND HELICOPTER UNIT. IT IN OUR CATS AND HE MADE PLANS TO GET THE HOURS HE NEEDED WITH THE MARINES. AS A RESERVIST HE ARRANGED TO FLIGHT SCHOOL IN ALABAMA. HIS SEARCH FOR HIS NICHE IN LIFE STRAINED HIS MARRIAGE TO FRIEND SAID. HE AND HIS WIFE WHILE IN THE MILITARY. AFTER SHE GOT A DENTAL HYGIENISTS LICENSE SHE WANTED HIM TO STAY PUT. THEIR DIVORCE WAS TO MEET -- BE MADE FINAL NOVEMBER 6. CHRIS DID NOT TELL HIS BEST FRIEND HAPPY MEMORY. HIS NEIGHBOR SAY HE DATED A WOMAN WHO LIVED A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM HIM. FRIENDS SAY CHRIS WAS VERY SAD ABOUT LOSING MARIE AND BELIEVE ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SONGS IS AN OMEN. THE INVESTIGATION BY THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY POLICE REMAINS ACTIVE.

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Shooter served in military, was in process of divorce

Christopher Robinson was a four-year veteran of the Police Department who worked at the Eastern District.